Games

(PG-13: Language) If you’ve not played the BioShock series by now, do so before watching exurb1a’s video, which explores the many horrible decisions made by Ryan, Comstock and their cronies, resulting in some of the most f***ed up places we’ve ever visited in a game.

(PG-13: Language)Videogamedunkey gives an entertaining and pragmatic judgment on Final Fantasy XV for those who are still on the fence about the JRPG. Like Metal Gear Solid V, FF XV has unacceptable flaws, but its gameplay and presentation redeem it.

Steep is an extreme winter sports game for Windows, Xbox One and PS4. Feel the thrill of skiing, snowboarding, paragliding and wingsuit diving with friends or on your own. You can create your own lines, challenge friends and even ride together on your gear of choice.

Hideo Kojima’s first game with his independent studio is an open-world action PS4 exclusive that stars perfect avatars of actors Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen, along with director Guillermo del Toro. Aaaand that’s all we know. But in Kojima we trust.

One of our all time favorite 3D platformers is back. Naughty Dog’s breakout PlayStation series has gotten way more than just a fresh coat of paint in this PS4 remake which includes Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, and Crash Bandicoot: Warped

Ellie channels Beth from The Walking Dead with a little song in the reveal trailer for the sequel to Naughty Dog’s awesome survival third-person shooter. It’s a cinematic trailer, but knowing its creators, the game is likely to look just as good.

A look at the gameplay and stunningly crisp 4K visuals of the upcoming action/RPG which sends you on a mission to find a new home for humanity in a previously uncharted galaxy. Hits PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro, and Xbox One in Spring 2017.

Our favorite rag-tag space crew gets the Telltale treatment, with an upcoming series of adventure games done in the award winning game studio’s trademark style. The teaser gives us nothing, but we’re still stoked to play when it hits in 2017.

IGN sums up a press-only demo of upcoming first-person horror game Resident Evil 7. It retains many of the series’ trademark elements – rooms gated by puzzles, jump scares, cranks – but the graphics and setting take it to the next level. #2REAL4US.

Atlus USA blesses us with an extensive 2-hour gameplay preview of Persona 5‘s English PS4 version. Get a comprehensive look at the game’s take on Tokyo, its classroom, battle, and Persona mechanics and much more. This game is pure style. Skip to 6:38.

A fun and offbeat mobile platformer in which you’re propelled through the universe via an endless stream of puke, set off by your allergy to eggs. It’s packed with quirky characters and environments, and offers challenging gameplay. Out now on iOS and Android.

(SPOILERS, Gore) These days, a lot of games claim to offer replayability and the freedom to choose how you’ll solve their challenges. But as YouTuber Cosmic Contarian shows in this silly video, Dishonored 2 more than lives up to that promise. Jindosh! I’ve come to bargain.

We’ve heard plenty of cover versions of the music from Mario games, but Samuraiguitarist knocked it out of the park with this one, which not only perfectly lines up with the gameplay in the top left corner, but includes appropriate sound effects produced with his guitar.

On the surface, ICEY appears to be a nice enough side-scrolling beat ’em up. But like The Stanley Parable it opens up when you overcome your gaming habits and ignore or break the game’s rules, making it ripe for repeated playthroughs.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a real-time tactical game in the vein of Commandos. Set in 17th century Japan, you control up to five members to defend the Shogun. Drops 12/7/16 for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Windows demo here.

Square Enix’s lengthy preview for the much-awaited Final Fantasy XV does a good job of introducing the JRPG’s characters, story, combat and level up systems, side-quests and more. If this doesn’t get you excited about the game, nothing will. Get the pinball app here.

In the Lost Woods, a lonely outcast unwittingly unleashes a terrible power unto the world after playing a trick on a traveling salesman. Ember Lab’s stunning animated short film is an incredible homage to The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask.

Nintendo’s deceptively deep torture test chamber is coming to its handheld. Super Mario Maker for 3DS comes with 100 new courses, over 60 course elements and course sharing and collaborative building with other players.

Reach Robotics’ MekaMon is a modular spider-like robot that you control via a mobile app. The robot is agile and has an animated and endearing way of moving and acting. You can play solo in augmented reality mode or fight another MekaMon player.

(PG-13: Language)Videogamedunkey looks at the never-ending cycle of rehashing old video games, as game publishers cash in on nostalgia, almost always improving their graphics and sound, but rarely improving or even recapturing what made the originals special.

Blizzard celebrates the Diablo series’ 20th anniversary with an upcoming DLC that adds Diablo 2‘s Necromancer class to Diablo 3. D3 will also get a free patch that adds the original Diablo‘s Cathedral and its denizens. More here.

The debut trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda hints at the interstellar RPG’s plot. Set 600 years after Mass Effect 3, ME:A puts you in the shoes of the Pathfinder – the leader of explorers who are tasked to establish a colony in the Andromeda Galaxy. More here.

Blizzard’s latest short film for its hit fps Overwatch introduces the much-hyped support character Sombra (“Shadow”). Sombra uses her hacking skills to manipulate even the highest ranks of authority for personal gain. Boop!

Formerly known as Enemy Starfighter, the one-man effort House of the Dying Sun puts you in the cockpit of a fighter pilot exacting revenge on the traitors who killed your emperor. The game is short, but it makes up for it with quality space dogfights and unlockables.